~ 1 = -2 ???

[Mikael Olofsson]

On 05-Nov-99 Les Schaffer wrote:
 >  i am doing some bit operations, and dont understand the following:
 >  
 > >>> ~ 1
 >  -2
 >  
 >  huh???? i would have thought that bitwise invert of 1 would be
 >  
 >  0001 --> 1110 = 13 (base 10)
 >  
 >  what marble am i missing?

Hmmm, I always thought that 1110 binary would be 14 in base 10. Then it
makes sence, since 14 and -2 are equivalent mod 16 (4 bits).

/Mikael

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